The Jupiter campus of the Max Planck Florida Research Institute is impressive. When you walk into the modern headquarters of Max Planck, you get the feeling that important work is…
The first thing you notice when you enter the doors of Boca Helping Hands is the hustle and bustle. Everywhere you look there are volunteers rushing about. It’s a Thursday…
Have you ever walked into a room and gotten swept away by the spirit and positivity in the air? Luckily, I’ve experienced magic a few times in my life and…
We’ve been hearing about the good works of Take Stock In Children for some time now. After all, the organization has been around since 1995 of its kind in Florida.…
We went to the annual EJS Project gala at The Addison in Boca Raton in October. It was a fun event. “Delray Morning Live” host Jamael Stewart is a natural…
Recently, I went to an open house at a nonprofit called The Second Chance Initiative. I was swept away. It was my second visit to Second Chance’s headquarters and both…
Carl DeSantis began his entrepreneurial journey in the 1970s by running his home-based, mail order vitamin and herbal supplement company out of his garage in Florida. Meanwhile, up in New…
It was a wet and bluster night. The wind was tossing palm fronds like match sticks as we drove through deep puddles on Lake Ida Road toward our destination. As…
EJS Project Passion speaks to us. Passion inspires. Passion uplifts. Passion changes lives. The word passion comes to mind when we think about our two most recent grantees: The EJS…
MPFI researcher Dr. Nico Spiller has been awarded the inaugural Carl Angus DeSantis Fellowship in the amount of $75,000 per year for five years. With this funding, Dr. Spiller is…
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